CastleHannover - Nordstadt

Welfen Castle

University of Hannover

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover is home to the Welfenschloss in Hannover-Nordstadt, which was originally planned as a royal residence. It is an example of 19th-century architecture and shapes Hannover's cityscape.

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Construction of the Welfenschloss began in 1857 and lasted until 1866, based on plans by architect Christian Heinrich Tramm. Yellowish-white Velpke sandstone and Nesselberg sandstone were used for its construction. Previously, Schloss Monbrillant stood on the same site, which was demolished and rebuilt elsewhere. King George V of Hannover had the castle built as a summer residence for the royal family. The facade was adorned with a sculpture of Henry the Lion by Wilhelm Engelhard, created in 1862, which was part of an iconographic program featuring eight Welfen rulers. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Hannover by Prussia in 1866 and the dethronement of the Welfen, the castle stood empty for over a decade.

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